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Posted: December 23, 2014

Threat Metric

The Threat Meter is a malware assessment that SpywareRemove.com's research team is able to give every identifiable malware threat. Our Threat Meter includes several criteria based off of specific malware threats to value their severity, reach and volume. The Threat Meter is able to give you a numerical breakdown of each threat's initial Threat Level, Detection Count, Volume Count, Trend Path and Percentage Impact. The overall ranking of each threat in the Threat Meter is a basic breakdown of how all threats are ranked within our own extensive malware database. The scoring for each specific malware threat can be easily compared to other emerging threats to draw a contrast in its particular severity. The Threat Meter is a useful tool in the endeavor of seeking a solution to remove a threat or pursue additional analytical research for all types of computer users.

The following fields listed on the Threat Meter containing a specific value, are explained in detail below:

Threat Level: The threat level scale goes from 1 to 10 where 10 is the highest level of severity and 1 is the lowest level of severity. Each specific level is relative to the threat's consistent assessed behaviors collected from SpyHunter's risk assessment model.

Detection Count: The collective number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular malware threat. The detection count is calculated from infected PCs retrieved from diagnostic and scan log reports generated by SpyHunter.

Volume Count: Similar to the detection count, the Volume Count is specifically based on the number of confirmed and suspected threats infecting systems on a daily basis. High volume counts usually represent a popular threat but may or may not have infected a large number of systems. High detection count threats could lay dormant and have a low volume count. Criteria for Volume Count is relative to a daily detection count.

Trend Path: The Trend Path, utilizing an up arrow, down arrow or equal symbol, represents the level of recent movement of a particular threat. Up arrows represent an increase, down arrows represent a decline and the equal symbol represent no change to a threat's recent movement.

% Impact (Last 7 Days): This demonstrates a 7-day period change in the frequency of a malware threat infecting PCs. The percentage impact correlates directly to the current Trend Path to determine a rise or decline in the percentage.

Threat Level:	8/10
Infected PCs:	42

First Seen:	December 29, 2014
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Searches7 is associated with a browser hijacker that redirects your Web searches (and, occasionally, other default pages) to one of a range of search sites. Content promoted in their search results may include poor installation practices that could lead to the presence of bundled, unwanted software on your PC. Due to these and other factors, malware experts recommend deleting Searches7, with proper PC security tools verifying the integrity of your Web-browsing settings in the process.

A Search that Keeps Coming Back More than Seven Times

Searches7 promotes a range of Searches7 branded domains, including 7search.com and 7searches.org, which pretend to provide legitimate search re-sults, while providing pay-per-click advertisements. Among Searches7's third parties advertised include multiple counts of fraudulent or compromised software updates, as well as software bundles that may install multiple, unwanted pro-grams (such as toolbars and adware). While Searches7 doesn't deliver threatening content of its own, you should regard all links from Searches7 with the highest degree of caution, due to their historical security risks.

Symptoms by which the presence of Searches7 hijacks is identifiable may include:

Searches7 may reset your home page to its websites.
Searches7 may redirect any searches to its websites.
You may be redirected to Searches7 after having clicked a link to an unrelated site, at random.
Popup advertisements also may be loaded by Searches7, separately from any browser hijacking functions that promote its sites.

Searches7's company also has ties to other, distinct forms of Potentially Unwanted Programs, such as browseraccelerator.

Retrieving Your Web Searches from a Shady Business

Searches7's websites have histories of being flagged in the threat databases of multiple anti-malware companies, but, due to their company's proactive legal defense, typically are removed sometime afterward. At the time of this article's writing, Searches7 sites aren't classified as toxic, but malware experts would discourage browsing links promoted by them without any appropriate browser protection. You particularly should be attentive to fake security updates and other attempts to install unwanted or even threatening software on your PC, all of which Searches7 has promoted previously.

Although Searches7's known domains remain up and running, the greatest number of reports of Searches7 installations occurred in 2010. Despite its age, Searches7 still is compatible with most, modern Web browsers. Anyone interested in keeping their Web searches from turning into an anonymous company's profit margins would do well to scan all incoming files and acquire updates only from reputable links, to keep Searches7 off of their browsers.

Searches7

Threat Metric

A Search that Keeps Coming Back More than Seven Times

Retrieving Your Web Searches from a Shady Business

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